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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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