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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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