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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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