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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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