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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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