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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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