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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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