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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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