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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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