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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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