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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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