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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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