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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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