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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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