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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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