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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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