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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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