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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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