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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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