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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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