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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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