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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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