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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the major 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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