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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever 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 be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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