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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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