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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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