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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes 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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