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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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