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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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