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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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