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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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