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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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