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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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