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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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