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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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