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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that 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 stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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