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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because 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 participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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