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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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