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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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