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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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