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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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