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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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