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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major 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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