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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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