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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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