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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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