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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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