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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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