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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing 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 massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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