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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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