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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that 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 organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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