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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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