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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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