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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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