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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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