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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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