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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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