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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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