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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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