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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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