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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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