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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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