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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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