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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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