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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle 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. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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