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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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