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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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