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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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