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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data 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 subjects. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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