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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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