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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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