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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that 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 certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates 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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