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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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