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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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