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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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