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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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