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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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