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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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