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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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