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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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