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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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