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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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