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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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