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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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