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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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