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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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