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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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