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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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