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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever 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 participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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