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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 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 institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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