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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. 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 training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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