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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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