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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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