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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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