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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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