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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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