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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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