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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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