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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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