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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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