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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the major 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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