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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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