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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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