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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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