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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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