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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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