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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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