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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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