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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies 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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