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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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