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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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