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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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