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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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