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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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