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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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