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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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