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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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