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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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