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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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