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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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