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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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