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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today 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 MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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