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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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