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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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