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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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