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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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