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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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