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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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