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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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