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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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