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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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