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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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