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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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