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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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