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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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