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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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