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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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