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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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