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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important 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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