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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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