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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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