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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving 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 MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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