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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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