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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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