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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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