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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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