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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because 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 be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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