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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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