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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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