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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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