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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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