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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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