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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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