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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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