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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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