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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because 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 certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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