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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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