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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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