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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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