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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the 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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