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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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