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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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