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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses 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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