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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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