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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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