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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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