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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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