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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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