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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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