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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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