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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the major 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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