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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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