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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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