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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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