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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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