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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today 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 we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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