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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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