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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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