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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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