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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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