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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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