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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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