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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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