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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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