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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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