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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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