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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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