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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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