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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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