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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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