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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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