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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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