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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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