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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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