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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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