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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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