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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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