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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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