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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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