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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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