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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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