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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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