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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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