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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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