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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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