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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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