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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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