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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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