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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal 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 educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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