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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. 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 MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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