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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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