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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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