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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education