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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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