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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online 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 assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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