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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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