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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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