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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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