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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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