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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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