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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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