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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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