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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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