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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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