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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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