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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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