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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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