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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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