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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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