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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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