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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with 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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