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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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