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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. 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 adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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