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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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