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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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