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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always 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 issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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