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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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