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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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