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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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