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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today 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 we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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