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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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