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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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