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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing 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 acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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