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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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