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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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