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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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