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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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