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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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