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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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