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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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