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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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