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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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