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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. 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 massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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