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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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