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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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