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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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