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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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