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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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