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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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