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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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