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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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