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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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