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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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