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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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