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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online 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 quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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