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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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