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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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