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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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