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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education