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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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