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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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