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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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