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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores 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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