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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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