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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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