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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important 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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