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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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