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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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