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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the 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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