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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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