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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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