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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 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 ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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