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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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