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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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