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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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