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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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