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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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