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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today 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 we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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