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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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