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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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