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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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