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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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