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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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