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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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