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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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