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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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