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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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