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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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