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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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