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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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