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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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