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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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