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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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