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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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