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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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