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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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