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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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