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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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