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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because 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 educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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