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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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