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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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