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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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