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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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