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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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