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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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