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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about 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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