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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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