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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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