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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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