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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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