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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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