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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever 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 stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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