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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with 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. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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