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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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