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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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