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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because 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 institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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