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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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