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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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