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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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