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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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