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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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