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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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