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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal 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 make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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