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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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