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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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