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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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