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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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