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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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