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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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