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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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