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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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