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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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