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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations 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 participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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