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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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