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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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