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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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