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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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