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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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