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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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