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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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