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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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