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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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