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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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