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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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