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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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