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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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