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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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