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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key 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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