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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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