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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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