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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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