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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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