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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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