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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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