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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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