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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing 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 of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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