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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates 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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