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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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