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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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