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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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