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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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