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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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