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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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