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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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