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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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