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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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