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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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