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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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