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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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