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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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