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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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