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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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