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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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