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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because 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 ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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