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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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