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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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