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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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