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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever 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 educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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