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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. 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 training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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