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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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