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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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