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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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