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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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