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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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