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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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