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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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