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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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