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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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