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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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