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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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