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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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