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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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