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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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