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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education