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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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