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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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