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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because 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 organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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