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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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