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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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