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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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