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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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