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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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