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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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