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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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