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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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