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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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