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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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