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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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