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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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