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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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