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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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