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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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