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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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