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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever 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 ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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