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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing 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 organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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