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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving 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 massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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