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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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