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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes 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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