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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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