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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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