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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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