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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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