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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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