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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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