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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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