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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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