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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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