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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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