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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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