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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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