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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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