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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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