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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education 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 organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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