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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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