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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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