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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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