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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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