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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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