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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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