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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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