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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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