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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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