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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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