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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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