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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the 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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