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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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