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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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