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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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