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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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