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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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