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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to 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. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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