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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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