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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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