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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major 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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