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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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