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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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