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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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