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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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