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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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