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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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