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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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