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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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