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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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