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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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