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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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