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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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