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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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