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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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