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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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