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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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