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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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