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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance 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 teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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