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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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