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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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