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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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