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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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