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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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