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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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