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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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