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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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