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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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