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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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