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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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