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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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