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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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