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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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