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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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