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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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