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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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