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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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