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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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