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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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