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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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