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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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