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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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