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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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