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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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