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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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