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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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