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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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