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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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