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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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